Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/12] of: Make of_find_node_by_path() traverse/aliases for relative paths.

[Grant Likely]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 11:42:15AM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> Currently all paths passed to of_find_node_by_path() must begin with a
> '/', indicating a full path to the desired node.
> 
> Augment the look-up code so that if a path does *not* begin with '/',
> the path is used as the name of an /aliases property.  The value of
> this alias is then used as the full node path to be found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> This patch is unchanged from the previous version I send separately.  I
> have not forgotten about Grant's feedback, just deferred it to the
> next version.

okay; I'll wait for the next version before I consider picking it up.

g.

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